Chris Leon’s Roar

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• 1. Jesus H. Christ  |  January 8, 2007 at 11:39 pm

  You’ve got to be kidding me. Is Ridor on his period?

• 2. Richard Roehm  |  January 9, 2007 at 12:36 am

  He’s on a blog-rage.

• 3. Free Speech Now!  |  January 9, 2007 at 12:55 am

  What a whiner. Sheesh.

  He bashes people all over the place but can’t take it when people bash back? What exactly was the “offending comment”? I re read your blog twice but don’t see you mention what it was. I’m curious. Also, did you give into his demands and remove it? I hope not.

• 4. Gally Grad  |  January 9, 2007 at 2:51 am

  There are many peeps who should sue Ricky’s ass. For example, look what he did wrote on his Blog about Mike…

  “Mike McConnell (Kokonutpundits): Yes, he is a blogger. He’s despicable piece of trash but nevertheless, he is a blogger.”

  I’m surprise no body sue his ass already.

• 5. Aidan Mack  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:50 am

  I must admit that it hurts me to see some people are doing “Deaf against Deaf”

  I think Jaime, Chris and Ricky need to sit down and try to solve this matter. They are talented writers. I learn so much from their Blogs and their writing. English is my second language. They help to improve my English writing by writing on their Blogs.

  I know they meant well for Deaf community but now I don’t see their point by serving for Deaf community if they keep on attacking each other.

  What is the point if people keep on pointing a finger to another person because he or she makes him or her to behave? That is excuse that people make everyday.

  We need to accept our responsibility and examine why we react or behave.

  Everything what we do, it has do with ourselves first. Nobody makes you behave that way. A person makes her or his choice how to behave or to react.

  I also am sad to see some people would feed more negative to Ricky, Chris, and Jaime’s problems. Some people who don’t post their real name get away by feeding some more negative comments that causing more problems for them.

  My suggestion is please go to Joey Baer’s Vlog and review the Deafhood workshop. We don’t need to have Deaf against Deaf.

  We need each other to improve our community’s quality.

  Some Blogs that I don’t like but I respect their Blogs. I can choose not to read theirs but personally attacking them, that is unnecessary.

  I ask Ricky, Chris, and Jaime to resolve on their own instead to getting everyone to involve and to have negative people stirring more problems for them. They are big men and woman. They are capable to solve this matter on their own.

  Getting a job or asking for donation is none of people’s business. People have a right not to get a job or to ask for donation. People also have a right not to donate or to get a job.

  People can question and discuss about the definition of donation and a theory of a person choosing to have a job or not but personally attacking on other people is out of line.

  Chris, if it was me, I would e mail Ricky and try to solve this matter with him. You don’t need our help to solve for them. You are a smart man.

  As you said that “I am nice, reasonable guy.” Are you sure that you are aware that you are doing the same what Ridor and Jaime do and yet you said that you are nice and reasonable guy. I have to question that.

  “I am nice guy but I had to kill my wife because she doesn’t clean the room the way I want her to. …But if she does what I do then I will be nice and reasonable guy.”

  Whenever you feel that a person is irrational, doesn’t mean you can be irrational. All you can do is to help him or her to be rational about it.

• 6. Shannon  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:58 am

  I agree with what Aidan said except I think Chris was very respectful in the way he handled the issue. I don’t think he’s trying to attack anybody but is pointing out that we need to be more careful what we say. I’m really glad he shared this with us. Very educational.

• 7. andreashettle  |  January 9, 2007 at 4:43 am

  I’m with Shannon. I think Chris was very calm and reasoned in pointing out his concerns. He didn’t attack anyone or put anyone down. He kept his focus on the behaviors that concerned him, explained why the behaviors concerned him, and explained some of the potential legal consequences for such behavior.

  Reasonable people are, of course, entirely free to disagree with Chris Leon (or agree with him; or agree with him on some things while disagreeing with him on other things). But, personally, I can’t find any fault in the way in which Chris presented his position.

  I wish more bloggers, and more of the people who add comments to blogs, would learn to frame arguments and present concerns in the way Chris Leon does it. It IS possible to express disagreement while, nevertheless, remaining polite and amicible, and to me, this post by Chris Leon helps prove that point.

• 8. Rob  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:03 am

  That’s also how I read it. I didn’t get the feeling that Chris was attacking Ridor. He started out by saying he “loves the guy”.

  I don’t know what’s up with Ridor lately. I guess he’s really upset about not being invited to the blogger conference or something and lashing out at everybody.

• 9. Aidan Mack  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:17 am

  This situation reminds me of the scarlet letter. A person will be punished along with her or his public shaming for their disagreements or conflicts.

  I feel that being a nice and reasonable person, he or she wouldn’t post it on his or her Blog with a person’s name. He or She can share the situation or ideas but mentioning people’s name, I have a problem with that.

  I have a couple people that I have a problem with but I don’t post them in a Blog. (If I have one.) It is because I care and respect for their and my privacy. It is not my intention or goal to revenge, hurt or educate them the way by humiliating them in public. I know that we can resolve on our own.

  What people did to others do not mean that we can do the same. We show them we are better people by not doing what they do.

  I would understand if they need to mention a person’s name if they are actually trying to destroy or hurt Deaf community. But I still have a mixed feeling about this. It must be based on hard facts. However, if it is between two people, it should be kept between them.

  Again, I do hope that Ricky, Jaime, Chris will solve this matter and find a mutual respect for each other. We need them to continue writing about the news and the issues itself and to enhance our community’s well being.

• 10. El Jor  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:18 am

  Lawsuit? I wouldn’t worry about it. If Ridor is going around begging for donations, I don’t see how he can afford to sue anybody. It costs thousands and thousands of dollars to do a lawsuit.

  Besides, freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and is guaranteed to all Americans. If he tries to sue anybody for posting an opinon about him, contact ACLU. I bet they will defend you for free.

  http://aclu.org/freespeech/index.html

• 11. Karen  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:26 am

  This is exactly the reason why I moderate the comments on my blog– I won’t tolerate any derogatory comments about anyone.

• 12. Mack Truck  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:29 am

  Aidan what planet do you live on? Have you ever read Ridor’s blog before? Your comments seem very naive.

• 13. Karen Von Pills  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:04 am

  let’s not forget Amy Kurz. He kept bashing her over and over again until her lawyer sent him a C+D notice.

• 14. DE  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:04 am

  Aidan- as always, your comments are soothing and that “let’s get along” tone of yours is infectious. Keep being yourself, Aidan. I admire you.

  Chris’ post is very reasonable. Yes, he is correct that responsibility begins with the individual. However, negative comments could (and has) cloud(ed) the blogger’s agenda, stance, image, or whatever. I’ve seen people complain that “Chris said this” or “Ridor said that” only to find that it was an anonymous commenter who made that remark, not the bloggers themselves. Sometimes people would even claim that Chris or Ridor themselves are overwhelmingly negative, hateful, and crossing the line. I often have to return to their ORIGINAL entries, and I see none of those “negative, hateful, and crossing-the-line” energy in the bloggers’ writings.

  Not only that, anonymous comments that are personal, cross the line, and simply hateful gets in the way of Deaf unity. Why anonymous comments fundamentally violate and prevent our Deaf culture from thriving–

  1) Deaf culture is heavy on social context. We collectively discuss issues, and like to know who said what. Anonymous comments warps that. Majority culture (i.e. hearing capitalist societies) that emphasizes individualism might have no problem with anonymous comments- they don’t live with those people. Deaf people, on the other hand, do have suspicions who made that negative comment anonymously, and have to struggle with that. That’s why Deaf people, in person, continue to complain that “anonymous comments” are not acceptable in our culture.

  2) English. While English AND ASL (or any country’s Sign Language) are our languages, discourse is more honest face-to-face. However, if one wants to post a critical comment in English, use your real name. That way, the criticized/accused has a chance to follow up with that person, and resolve issues. Simple. I’ve seen one situation where one Deaf blasted another Deaf, but used her real name. The accused offered to talk with the accuser over videophone. They did, and now they are working together beautifully on Deaf-related issues. Bottom line, discourse is not healthy if negative and personal anonymous comments are posted online. Discourse is much better when people face each other, and honestly share their thoughts, feelings, and hopes.

  Even hearing non-profit organizations ban e-mail discussions, because “discourse is better in person”. Not all hearing people enjoy discussing online- many do prefer to talk in person, so they can catch the tone, implications, gestures, etc. We shouldn’t assume that online discussions are acceptable for hearing people- therefore they should also be acceptable in our culture.

  3) Children do read those comments. Anonymous comments discourage our next generation of leaders from rising up and taking the reins. They’d see what commenters say about their parents, friends, and peers and probably will decide “It ain’t worth it. Deaf people are indeed vicious! Why should I join a non-profit organization, volunteer at Deaf events, plan a gathering, etc.?” Minority cultures place a high value on “futurography”- our children’s futures.

  Ultimately, what is our goal? Bloggers may claim that they want the truth to come out, hold people accountable, etc. Sure. I believe that bloggers like Joey, Chris, Ridor, Mishakenza, Shane, Mike, Jared, etc. are for real and doing us a great service. But what are the personal/vindictive anonymous commenters’ agenda? Do these help elevate our discourse, support our leaders (of course, I don’t mean be nice to our leaders all the time! If they warrant feedback, by all means! Blunt criticism with a name attached, fine!), and improve our community? If they have a personal beef with people, they can simply contact that person and work things out then get back to the business of improving Deaf people’s lives. We have a lot of work to do.

  I want to believe that deep down inside, all Deaf people- even those anonymous commenters, really want the best for our community. I hope so.

• 15. Aidan Mack  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:14 am

  Our freedom of speech, protected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, is one of our most basic constitutional rights. Yet the precise nature of what is protected by the First Amendment is often misunderstood.

  Various exceptions to free speech have been recognized in American law, including obscenity, defamation, breach of the peace, incitement to crime, “fighting words,” and sedition.

  Justice Oliver Wendall quotes, “The most Stringent protection of free speech wouldn’t protect a “man” in falsely shouting “Fire” in a theatre and causing a panic”

  The limits of free expression:

  1. The clearness or seriousness of expression, and
  2. The immediacy of the danger flown for the speech.

  We need to be careful how we use this amendment.

  If a person put a finger to other driver, that person will get arrested for provoking other people to be aggressive.

  Mack Truck- You are so funny. Oh my god, I am going to have six pack. I must thank you for making this comment because I don’t have to do the “sit up” today.

  I live on earth. You live on this earth too. Oh my god, it is a small world that we live on same planet.

  Yeah, I read Ridor blog everyday. isn’t he amazing! I love him even sometimes I don’t agree with him. I find Chris and Jaime are amazing people too. Sometimes three of them can be that wild! We can’t be denial that we can be that wild sometimes. Shhh! Don’t tell anyone. Oh It’s on blog. Oh boy I am that naive thinking that we are whispering to each other without other people noticing. Hehe! Me so naive.

  Oh, cool your name is Mack Truck. Didn’t you know that my last name is Mack. isn’t it cool? So awesome!

• 16. White Ghost  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:38 am

  Libel can be dangerous. You better be careful.

• 17. tulip  |  January 9, 2007 at 7:36 am

  DE

  Where ya been? Ridor is not negative? Hello? He emits negativity and thrives on it. Commenters merely follow his example. You know the saying, “you are what you eat”? The same is true for a blog - “you are what you blog.” Chris is not negative - he is a factual person and far more reasonable and logical. Big difference between the two.

• 18. Lurking_Canada  |  January 9, 2007 at 8:03 am

  I love to read Ridorlive, but this mention of “legal action” is RIDICULOUS! I’m sure Ricky feels slighted and ignored by not being included in the Gallaudet meeting of bloggers, but PLEASE, Ricky, you can do a lot more damage (if thats what you want to do) by continuing to blog. Threatening someone with legal action for a COMMENT on someone else’s blog is outrageous!

  Chris, your blog is excellent, and I enjoy the roar! Ridor: admit you’re wrong and control that explosive personality!

• 19. JBrown  |  January 9, 2007 at 9:03 am

  Ricky feels he has all right to drag anyone through gravel and told them to shut up then swagged his hips walking away. But when he is being dragged through mud, he blew up. The louder he screams, the more severe he is being dragged through. It looks now he is being dragged through a swamp infested with gators.

• 20. MikeS  |  January 9, 2007 at 10:11 am

  DE, I enjoy your insightful post esp. #1. Thanks for sharing.

  What I’ve been seeing lately from some bloggers are self-promotion at the expense of Ridor. Looks desperate for readership & counter activity to me, IMO. I guess this is some warped idea of deaf entertainment. We poke and poke until the person’s down and laugh about it. Hmm.

• 21. Lantana  |  January 9, 2007 at 10:53 am

  Ridor is whistling in the dark.

• 22. memyselfandi  |  January 9, 2007 at 11:04 am

  I didn’t read the offending comment, but Ridor is behaving like a spoiled child. Somebody disagreed with something he did/said in his blog. Big deal. Take a deep breath and say, “Whatever.” Everywhere I look I see references to nasty and even threatening emails from Ridor whenever someone disagrees with him or offends him in some way. That is the behavior of a bully. If that is how he acts when someone disagrees with him, then it’s no wonder he wasn’t invited to the blog conference. He would ruin it trying to bully everyone else.

• 23. RLM  |  January 9, 2007 at 11:13 am

  Simply ignore Ricky Taylor’s threatening messages. He doesn’t have any $$ for filing the legal complaint against you anyway.

  If I were you, I would not worry about RT’s so-called threats. More to life than engaging in “cockfights” whom have the biggest one.

  RLM

• 24. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 9, 2007 at 11:49 am

  DE, and other Ridor Loyalist

  Ridor needs to learn what goes around, come around!. All the negative remarks about him, he deserve every ounce of it. He has to learn and make sure his facts about certain individual are accurate before writing about that person.

  When I first started reading his blog, it was very entertaining and I learn a lot about what was going on in the deaf community throughout the United States because of his ability in gathering information on various topic. One of the first story I read was about how he help a deaf man get away from his mother who was taking advantage of him and not letting him grow as a deaf person. I thought he handled the situation extremely well.

  Then he had the nerve to write up two articles about Sheri Farinha Mutti in regards to her working for GLAD/NorCal at the same time and her opinion about Deafhood. All the facts in the articles were 99.9% false with the exception he got her name spell right. What right does he have to smear her name in public for something she was ask to do and did an exceptional and honest job. She actually save GLAd from going down the drain. Period!! If anyone should know it would be me. In regards to Deafhood, the article totally misinterpret Sheri true intention in what she was trying to accomplished. Sheri represent all deaf people and not just the DOD. She listen to their concerns and then make sure the rest of the deaf community view these concerns and find a common solution to help unify the deaf community on the concept of deafhood.

  Once Ridor wrote these two articles about Sheri, it totally convince me that not everything he report is accurate. He had me completely fool at the beginning. He preached about how important it is to understand and follow the deafhood concepts so we can better unify the deaf community, then he pull this stunt that I mentioned above. He is a true hypocrite if you ask me and a poor representative for the deaf community to follow. 99 out of 100 deaf people would follow Sheri leadership before they would follow Ridor. The one person would be himself.

  Ridor at one time had my respect and he completely threw it away simply because his enormous ego got in the way and felt he was bigger than everyone else and could say and report anything he want.

  I just hope Ridor read and learn from this. He has a lot of potential but he doesn’t always use it the way he should. Once he knock the chip off his shoulder, he will be view as a much better person and will actually do a better job with his blog.

  Thank you
  Steven A. Mutti

• 25. FX  |  January 9, 2007 at 12:04 pm

  Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it ridor?

• 26. from the Bay Area  |  January 9, 2007 at 12:40 pm

  Julie Rems-Smario of DeafHope is another one that has been repeatedly bashed by Ridor. She is amazing woman and didn’t deserve it.

  Why does Ridor think its ok for him to say hateful things about people but if someone says about him he wets his panties?

• 27. Ockham's Razor  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:03 pm

  This just took the conversation into the realm of the surreal and ridiculous. He’s threatening to sue you based on a comment on your blog??? Has he read the comments posted on his blog by himself and others? Has he seen the vitirol he posts and allows to be posted? Seriously, I’m at a loss for words.

  to FX #25: yes, karma CAN be a bitch.

  -ockham

• 28. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:11 pm

  Oh, lord. Just another entry that Chris Leon needs more hits.

  The point is that I emailed Chris Leon to inform that one comment slandered on who I am in a horrific manner and requested him to take action within the time frame or I will take legal action.

  It is appropriate venue to respond because it is evident that Chris Leon and others has no controls over the comments these days.

  I have no grudge against the bloggers going to the conference. Where in the world did you get the idea that I do have one? I already have the plans for that week, so thus no big deal for me.

  As for Jamie, I’m already past that. It is YOU people who wanted to continue. I already moved on that. Get a grip.

  R-

• 29. mcconnell  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:37 pm

  Speaking of getting a grip…………..

• 30. Phil  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:39 pm

  Aidan Mack: stop talking out of your arse. It’s boring.

• 31. Phil  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:42 pm

  Ridor: how convienent that you just now happen to have plans that coincide with the blogger conference. (rolls eyes) Yeah, right. It’s clear you are jealous of the other bloggers. That’s why you put them down on your blog and called the majority of them fake bloggers. You are pathetic.

• 32. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 1:45 pm

  Phil: Convenience? Please. I had this particular event planned a year in advance. Capsice?

  R-

• 33. Classof07  |  January 9, 2007 at 2:07 pm

  May I suggest therapy, Ridor? You appear to be suffering from “Messiah” complex.

• 34. Funny!  |  January 9, 2007 at 2:26 pm

  This gave me a much needed laugh today!

  So basically, Ridor is complaining for being “ridorized”?

  LMAO!!!

• 35. Ockham's Razor  |  January 9, 2007 at 2:36 pm

  #34 Funny! : YES. He is!

• 36. New blogger  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:03 pm

  I can’t thank you enough for writing this and sharing it with us. I’m a new blogger and have been worrying a lot about things like comments people put on my blog. I don’t want to be sued. At the same time, I want people to feel free to say what is on their minds. So it’s like a catch-22. Right now, I do moderate the comments and they must be approved by me first. After reading what you wrote, I feel a lot more relieved. Whew. It is load off. Thank you so much Chris. ILY.

• 37. Rolls Eyes  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:08 pm

  My eyes are rolling.

  Like someone said, I wouldn’t worry about it. Ridor is all bark and no bite.

• 38. Ridor and DE are not role models  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:31 pm

  Response to comment #14, DE –
  Ridor is a hypocrite. But an even bigger hypcorite is DE. He talks and preaches about deaf unity and deafhood but he’s one of the people who have urged and encouraged people like Ridor on to bash people in our deaf community under the disguise of “accountablility”. I often see DE’s comments on Ridors blog, encouraging him on. This has severely hurt and divided our small deaf community. You both should be ashamed of yourselves. You are not role models. You are the exact opposite of what I hope my children grow up to be like.

• 39. anti-ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 3:42 pm

  Ridor and DE are not role models

  Yes. this is true. I like your post. deafhood is nothing cured.

• 40. DeafLinux  |  January 9, 2007 at 4:33 pm

  Let’s look at another perspective. Two lawyers will dot do what the blogger owners been doing because of professional courtesy. D/deaf people need to do the same. The blog owners are not in competition for money but stories. I think there should be a guideline as if a person wants to attack another person should do it in private. Personal attacks is not appropriate in the blogosphere.

  We can attack issues, system, programs and etc. but not PERSONAL. Why people get off by attacking people? Some bloggers preaches Deafism or whatever but they do the opposite in their blogs.

  Lastly, personal attacks DO NOT belong in the public forums.

  Be good and happy blogging!

• 41. Ockham's Razor  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:03 pm

  Chris: To answer the question…Did the anonymous poster go too far with his sick comment about Ridor? Yep. You bet he did. And then Ridor took it one step further.

• 42. GU '03  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:14 pm

  You know what? I don’t think the comment itself matters. After everything that Ridor has done and said about people, he should be able to take anything said about him. He’s being a pussy.

  If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

• 43. Bison Hunter  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:39 pm

  Thank you for standing up to Ridor, Chris! He is nothing more than a big bully.

• 44. anti-ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 5:55 pm

  Bison Hunter

  I agree with what you said. Ridor did start it and he hurt our feeling.

• 45. No fan of Ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:21 pm

  Seems that deaf gays like Ridor & DE have such a strong impact on the deaf community. Is homosexuality good for the deaf culture? Or would it help destroy it?

  Why are deaf heterosexual men being passive in the blogging world? Don’t they have any leadership qualities nowadays? We need real leaders that we can be proud of! They need to be manly & assertive!

• 46. Ridor Fan  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:55 pm

  Well. I’m a RIDOR FAN. He’s blog is entertaining and fun. If he did not lash out at people, no one would pay any attention to him or what he said. He would be nobody. You know you all love it.

• 47. Aidan Mack  |  January 9, 2007 at 6:59 pm

  Steven A. Mutti- I may be a Ridor loyalist but it doesn’t mean that I agree with him on some things. I do respect for Sheri Mutti. She does contribute a lot to Deaf community. She has a strong personality and strong mind. She is a brilliant woman.

  Phil- I am sorry that you find my comments as if they were boring. That’s ok. I suggest you to skip my comments any time you want. Don’t worry, I won’t feel offended. :o)

  DE- Thank you, it was nice of you to make comment about me. I admire you too. Your comment says very well. You expressed them beautifully.

  I care too much for Deaf community. If I don’t care about Deaf community, I would have left a long time ago. It is not like that I MUST have a Deaf community in order to be successful. It is hell work in Deaf community (because of so strong crab theory) but I still embrace Deaf community from my heart. I strongly believe in Deaf community and it will become a healthy community someday.

• 48. CA  |  January 9, 2007 at 7:30 pm

  #47

  Well said! Many of us would be tempted to leave the deaf community at one time or another. Yet we couldn’t abandon the deaf community since it plays a big role in our personalities whether if we like it or not. Instead of letting the deaf community dicate us, we should take reins & lead!

• 49. anti-ridor  |  January 9, 2007 at 8:13 pm

  The One and Only Ridor spoke about Cy Butts if you believe him

  “Listen, let me clarify something. Cy Butts is merely attacking me because I exposed her when she used 6 different pseudo-names in attacking CSDR staff members — Cy listed the sexual activities, private lives and professional lives on my blog repeatedly last summer. I requested her to stop doing it. She refused — she kept on switching to different pseudo-names and her IP address made it clear that it was Cy Butts. That’s why I nailed her down.

  I DID request her to stop doing that. She refused. She wanted to defame the private lives of others on my own blog!

  Otherwise, I’m not reaping what I sowed. I published many entries that contains both positive and negative topics and very few vocal ones focused on “negative” — I expect that.

  I’m OK with it. I’m not even upset at all. Any publicity is good for me.

  Cheers,

  R- ”

  http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2007/01/09/deaf-bashfest/

• 50. Pam  |  January 9, 2007 at 8:59 pm

  Steve, I’m so sorry that happened to Sherri. She didn’t deserve it.

  Do you mind if I ask you why she chose not to sure if 99% of what he wrote was false? Did she have an attorney send him any kind of warning?

  I think we let Ridor get away with too much.

• 51. joe blogg  |  January 10, 2007 at 2:11 am

  Outrageous!

  None of that sort of stuff happens here:

  http://www.joebloggsblog.net/

• 52. JBrown  |  January 10, 2007 at 6:18 am

  Anti-fernandes now are sitting down after “beating up JKF and IKJ” constantly for weeks. Now they are asking for the pro-fernandes to shut up and to cooperate with them for the sake of unity.
  How can you dare to think we would run to you for sake of unity after we saw your cruelty? I saw Joey’s vlog and told myself oh that actress surely mocked at JKF along with so many insulting darts, now she looked like a harmless actress asking us to cooperate for sake of unity. I am so puzzled now.
  You can’t beat anyone into loving you after what we saw. Leave us alone, then.

• 53. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 10, 2007 at 8:43 am

  Pam - It is not worth the time or effort to contact a lawyer. Ridor will eventually dig his own grave as it is just a matter of time. Also, Ridor has not responded to my recent post which tells me he know he screwed up.

  Adian Mack - Thank you for your kind words toward Sheri as I appreciated it very much.

• 54. Chris' Fan  |  January 10, 2007 at 9:02 am

  Roger that to JBrown. Amy is a hyprocite. She spoke badly of Jane K Fernandes and yet she asked us to unite not to bash each other. What a phony!

  What bothers me the most is that why she posted her vlog at Joey’s website. I suspect that she does it to prevent herself from being bashed there. You know that Joey filters all the comments and moderates only the “happy” comments. Many people don’t bother to make strong, truthful, or negative comments there, because they know that he will simply delete them. That does not represent the deaf community at all.

  I think that it is amusing that Joey had to tell his audience that he deleted one comment. He never did it until he read the discourse on his blog here.

  I agree with Dan’s cartoon that shows Joey not having enough ideas of what to vblog. He is not a true vblogger. He posted other people’s videos and he did not dicuss them in depth. He should change his website from Joey ’s ASL Blog to Deaf Community ASL Blog.

  This blog is an excellent place where we can share our opinions or feelings whether it is gay or not! That’s why this blog is very sucessful.

  Thanks, Chris for keeping this blog open to everyone.

• 55. Floridagirl  |  January 10, 2007 at 10:23 am

  ChrisFan

  I can feel that Joey deletes their commenters who had information. DE always follows the deafhood instruction book.

  —————————————————————————

  I entered to ASC Vlog: Candace McCullough “Feminist and Deafhood” I joined to discuss with the other commenters who felt freely talkative; therefore, Ricky has crossed our line, and we felt very upheaval and overwhelmed its blog. I have to suspect that Joel, DE and Ricky have been playing political.

• 56. umm....  |  January 10, 2007 at 11:33 am

  Brilliant minds discuss ideas,
  average minds discuss events,
  weak minds discuss people.

• 57. Just Me  |  January 10, 2007 at 12:30 pm

  I really appreciate having the ability to say whatevers on my mind. It is true that I would not feel comfortable making comments using my real name. Why? Because I would be immediately attacked. Look how people who use their real names are attacked. No thanks. This is why I’m glad blogs like this one don’t limit what we can say. Some do go over the top and abuse it. But others do have important stuff to say. Anonymity has its place.

• 58. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 10, 2007 at 12:50 pm

  Steve Mutti: I do not have to respond to your comments. Frankly, you never responded to my emails — maybe it indicates that you’re guilty as well?

  You refused to admit that Sheri Farinha-Mutti has spawned a great deal of disunity among the California residents. In fact, I met many people who could not stand her. When I met SFM in Palm Desert, I thought she was nice — few minutes after she walked away — people told me that I was brave to talk with her. They were horrified. Why is that?

  You tell me. After the way I encountered her antics, my entries on her are justified.

  Why do you think Deaf people in Northern California is pushing for her to resign her position as CEO of NorCAL?

  Think about it for a minute before you defend your EX-wife!

  R-

• 59. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 10, 2007 at 1:58 pm

  Ridor - Again you are lying as I did too respond to your email when you were very upset with Sheri. You stated that you were going to war with Sheri. I responded that if you do, you will lose the war as you could not stand in the same room with Sheri.

  You got to be kidding me about people in Northern California are pushing for her to resign. I don’t know where you got that information so again you making up stories about her.

  Also she is probably one of the most approachable person you
  will ever meet. See, all the people you are getting the information from are probably ex-employees or who are very jealous of her success within the deaf community.

  For your information, she is currently my wife! See Ridor all the information you mentioned are false. Can’t you and your loyal readers see that.

  Lighten up and take a good hard look at yourself and make some changes within yourself.

• 60. KLong  |  January 10, 2007 at 2:25 pm

  Steven,
  I agree with you. Deaf people hold tightly to the Crab Theory and would destroy the others who are deaf badly. D(D)eaf people are still in a narrow-minded colony.
  Look at what they did to JKF. They even were so disappointed that it was just a prank about her commit suicide attempt. What a bunch of savages even with college degrees!

• 61. Pam  |  January 10, 2007 at 4:44 pm

  JBrown aka KLong, I’m not sure if anyone told you but the protest is over. Time to move on.

• 62. Pam  |  January 10, 2007 at 4:45 pm

  Steven, thanks for responding. No one should have to go through that kind of bashing. I’m really surprised Sheri let him — Ridor — get away with it. I think for many, myself included, we believe what was written because she didn’t stand up to it and do something about it. Had you gotten lawyers involved, you could have at least gotten him to write a public apology and retraction.

  From my understanding of NorCAL (and I don’t live in your area), you have at least one staff attorney. I’m not sure about that though. Would it have been a conflict of interest to use that attorney to sue? Not only would the attorney be defending Sherri but also NorCAL’s good name.

  I’m not an attorney but I think you have a year from the day the defaming article was publish in which to sue. It’s not too late. I wish Sheri were brave enough to make an example of Ridor for all the horrible things he says.

• 63. Pam  |  January 10, 2007 at 4:46 pm

  Ridor, since you read this I have a question for you. Don’t you ever worry that you are going to go too far one day and someone is finally going to sue you? Its only a matter of time.

• 64. Sailor  |  January 10, 2007 at 6:15 pm

  Come on, Chris. Give it up! What was the remark that made Mr. Ridor pee pee in his panties???? It’s not fair to leave us all hanging!!!

• 65. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 10, 2007 at 8:27 pm

  Steven, I responded back to your email. But you never responded. You urged me to refrain from asking these hard questions to Sheri — in fact, I emailed her with questions about the alleged accusations. What did she do? She did not respond back and defend herself — I would have printed her comments. Instead, she complained to the GallyNet-L, cried that I was making threats.

  I simply asked her to comment on these allegations.

  I gotta be kidding?! Please. I have about 16 sources in Stockton, Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and Fremont regarding her antics.

  And it is ludicrous for Sheri to complain about others’ lack of diversity while her own NORCAL Board is entirely caucasians!

  Many knew that I’m very approachable and I do not twist things. Yes, your wife IS approachable. I can see that when I met her in NAD Conference but know what? She tends to twist afterwards. I can see that, though. More power to her.

  I’m not even angry at you, Steven. I’m tired of you defending a person instead of letting her defend herself.

  Cheers,

  R-

• 66. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 10, 2007 at 8:28 pm

  Pam, don’t worry about me. Let me worry about it myself. Stop snooping in my affairs.

  R-

• 67. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 10, 2007 at 8:32 pm

  One more thing — when Sheri Farinha-Mutti overstayed her position at GLAD, people grumbled for her to leave and start hiring someone else to take over — SFM attacked these same people, claiming that they are criminals.

  Steven, why did she do that?

  When I pursued the questions to her face, she called me a terrorist.

  See the pattern?

  Why so defensive?

  Cheers,

  R-

• 68. Stripped Candy  |  January 10, 2007 at 10:44 pm

  Pam,
  The protest is over but there are some live sparks and hatred left so
  it is a good idea to remind protesters that we still have not forgotten how they acted like animals burning her effigies then played a sickning prank calling cops that JKF suicided. that prank was meant to slap at JKF’s family and Jane very hard plus spitting at them. I Heard that these terrorists made IKJ’s grandbaby cry with fright. Terrifying ANIMALS! I can image how many leaders would jump with joy like how RC jumped with his face like a radib pit bull but frowned after finding out it was just a prank. JKF was right about protesters as terorists, no mistake about that.

• 69. ron  |  January 11, 2007 at 12:22 am

  ((munching popcorn))

• 70. Stripped Candy  |  January 11, 2007 at 12:55 am

  :::munching popcorn::: out of daze that I am right, obviosly. Truth can be that painful?

• 71. Stripped Candy  |  January 11, 2007 at 1:37 am

  My husband and I just talked about the cruelty of the protesters. He said JFK should sue any organisation who started the protest for ground of cruelty and mockery.

• 72. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 11, 2007 at 9:20 am

  Ridor - You do not know Sheri personally and have no ideas what she has done during the past 25 years for the deaf community. She is on call 24/7, constantly working hard to serve the Deaf Community with the goals being true access and unity. You getting all your information from third hand. Had you taken a different approach, it is my belief that you two would have been good friends. All you have to do is
  show your own integrity by apologizing publicly. She is a very forgiving person. Once you have done that, then contact her and find out who she really is. You won’t be disappointed!! If you do an article about her that truly reflect who she is, you made very well get thousands of hits. smile. I just want everything to work out! The deaf community needs both of you. We are too small to eliminate good people from our precious community. Thank you

• 73. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 11, 2007 at 10:18 am

  Pam - I appreciate your feedback. Yes NorCal has a deputy director who has her law degree. It is much easier if everyone would learn to work together instead of bashing each other. It is so rampant out there right now that it is not worth the effort to sue anyone. I just hope one day all of this will stop and we can start discussing the issues at hand instead of the individual who stated it. If this happen, then the discussions would be much more productive. I still have faith and hope u do too.

• 74. GU '03  |  January 11, 2007 at 11:52 am

  Are you nuts Steven? The community needs the likes of people like Ridor? You gotta be kidding me.

  Ridor thrives on bashing people in our community. He does more harm than good.
  The only value Ridor has is entertainment value, and unfortunately, that comes at the expense of bashing people like your wife.

  Ridor and Sheri good friends? Are you on drugs?

• 75. floridagirl  |  January 11, 2007 at 1:22 pm

  Chris’ Fan

  You are right! That fact that Amy is an absolutely hypocrite for posting her Vlog at Joey’s website. Mostly great positive comments make people heal but readers do not benefit from negative comments unless commenters display more proof of the problems. I admit that I have part disagreement with her lecture. My small deaf community can’t hang out with the small deaf adult community who are sexual offenders. To find safety, children must stay a good distance away from sexual offenders.

  My professor said New structure has an effect on the Deaf community but unluckily, they are scared of approaching new changes to things. I agree with her. I don’t live the same as in an Amish community.

  Steven A. Mutti must be soft-hearted. GU ‘03, you make a good point.

  Kudos to Jamie and Chris take a stand. Good challenge!

• 76. David  |  January 11, 2007 at 2:29 pm

  What a big difference how many people are posting comments here and on other blogs since this lame lawsuit threat from Ridor. Definitely not as many as before. I really enjoy reading the comments.

  I guess people are afraid to speak their minds. Don’t be. You have freedome to express your opinions. It is your right as an American citizen. No one can take that away from you. Just make sure you don’t make up facts that aren’t true then you have nothing to worry about.

  Don’t be afraid to speak your mind.

• 77. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 11, 2007 at 2:52 pm

  GU’ 03 & Floridagirl - People deserve second chances. If somehow Ridor can see his faults and admit he making a mistake in bashing innocent people then I have accomplish my goal. No one is perfect. Ridor blog as well other blogs did play an important role when it came to Gallaudet protest. He has potential to be more of an asset toward the deaf community if he change his approach and attack the issues rather than the individual. If he disagree with me then that his choice and he has to suffer whatever consequences that he may face because of his approach. At least I tried.

  This doesn’t mean I am soft-hearted or on drug. It simply mean I am trying to get everyone on the same page and to have apeaceful dialogue on various issues so we can be more productive.

• 78. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 11, 2007 at 2:52 pm

  Steven, that is the whole thing — you always said “You should know her, you do not know her.”

  I did try. She did not. She attacked me as a terrorist when I asked her hard questions. She attacked the folks in Los Angeles when they protested by calling them criminals.

  So much for your claims to say that she is good person. I tried my best, she did not do hers.

  Case closed.

  R-

• 79. Sarah  |  January 11, 2007 at 5:24 pm

  I hate to say it but if Mrs. Mutti isn’t standing up for herself it does look like what Mr. Taylor is claiming is true.

  I do often wonder how accurate Mr. Taylor’s articles are. If no one is countering them publicly, how then can we know what is truth and what is fiction.

• 80. DeafLinux  |  January 11, 2007 at 9:36 pm

  To forgive is devine. We need Deaf people to learn to forgive and start the healing. Life is way too short to harbor grudges. It is okay to attack issues and leadership styles BUT not personal issues. Learn to forgive and forget. We all made bad mistakes and we need to correct ourselves and no one can do it for us.

  Peace and love goes a long way for the Deaf community. Why not give a try and see what happens.

  Peace!

• 81. Bison Chaser  |  January 11, 2007 at 10:10 pm

  Deaflinux,
  How come you suddenly became sweet after the protest. Boy before the protest, you were so mean that you hurled many knives at Jane and King.
  Bull, just a phony just like Red Sox and many other protesters.

• 82. DeafLinux  |  January 12, 2007 at 6:09 am

  Bison chaser:

  People do change and after seeing so many comments that were tearing the Deaf community and decided to let that be past and focus on now to preserve the Deaf community. I expressed my views on IKJ and JFK because they were destroying the Deaf community. I usually do not make these kinds of comments. It was a heat of the moment that got me to fuel my thoughts because I do not accept what was happening at Gallaudet. I am human and do get angry when something is not right.

  Right now, we need to focus on keeping the Deaf community intact. We are breaking apart by community to community slowly.

• 83. To Narrow-Minded Deaf People  |  January 12, 2007 at 8:37 am

  #45 NO fan of Ridor
  “Seems that deaf gays like Ridor & DE have such a strong impact on the deaf community. Is homosexuality good for the deaf culture? Or would it help destroy it?
  Why are deaf heterosexual men being passive in the blogging world? Don’t they have any leadership qualities nowadays? We need real leaders that we can be proud of! They need to be manly & assertive!”

  Gawd..I’m sorry to hear that you have such a small penis, which is probably why you had to say what you said in #45

  NO one should feel less than a man like you do. You have my pity. Perhap you should get a penis enlargement surgery? That’ll make you become a better leader, no?

  What about black and latinos people? Will they hurt our deaf community? hmm..how about women? Wow you’re such a deep thinker!

• 84. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 12, 2007 at 8:45 am

  Sarah - I explained to everyone about Mr Taylor articles being inaccurate in regards to Sheri Mutti. Who knows Sheri more than her own husband. She doesn’t read the various blogs or have time to react to childish behaviors. Why does she have to defend herself when she did not do anything wrong. All the information came from third hand. A good journalistism should get the facts straight from the main source and Mr Taylor didn’t do that. I tried to alert the readers that the articles did not have accurate information. If you want to believe Mr Taylor, then that fine. That your choice.

• 85. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 12, 2007 at 11:51 am

  84, she does not have the time because she meddled in Gallaudet affairs (which she did not attend at all) via GallyNet-L, and meddled in Bay Area affairs which she does not live at all, meddled in Los Angeles affairs which she does not live at all.

  Find the time to defend herself.

  R-

• 86. Ockham's Razor  |  January 12, 2007 at 12:53 pm

  Ridor: you make it a point to meddle in different agencies and folks affairs on a daily basis. Seriously, you’re the KING of the double standard.

• 87. Kevin  |  January 13, 2007 at 9:21 am

  Hey Chris,

  Are you enjoying all of this?

• 88. Big League  |  January 13, 2007 at 10:55 am

  Hey Kevin,

  Are you?

• 89. Big League  |  January 13, 2007 at 10:59 am

  IMHO this whole thing is silly. There is no basis for a suit.

  It does, however, have entertainment value. I kinda wonder if Ridor and Chris planned this as a publicity stunt the way they do in Hollywood.

• 90. ron  |  January 13, 2007 at 12:27 pm

  ((munching on 2nd bowl of popcorn))

• 91. The One and Only Ridor  |  January 13, 2007 at 6:17 pm

  Ockham’s Razor: I do not work in any agency — as an observant, I can share my opinions. But I do not jump in and interfere their affairs like Sheri did.

  Now, that is not double standard as you would like it to be!

  cheers,

  R-

• 92. Ockham's Razor  |  January 14, 2007 at 4:38 pm

  As you know, ricky, I disagree. Folks have (according to you) called you a terrorist…to me, your actions are not too different from a terrorist. You stage little wars on whomever you deem ‘bad’ ‘audist’, ‘evil’ (based on whatever information you’ve gathered from your little “sources”) with little regard for people, the bigger picture, or your own hypocrisy. You often do more damage than the person you’ve chosen to attack. Taken in its entirety, your blog has greatly harmed the Deaf community you supposedly value.

• 93. anti-ridor  |  January 14, 2007 at 5:25 pm

  I am glad that Chris doesn’t delete Ockham’s Razor who has to comment. Ricky, I can’t stand watching your bad language as you are threatening User English people who are skill at writing or promoting career.

  DE used to blame on anonymous for violently Deaf culture and he doesn’t mention about Ricky.

  Boiling crabs- theoretically

  http://surdobitch.wordpress.com/2007/01/14/boiling-crabs-theoretically/

• 94. anti-ridor  |  January 14, 2007 at 5:50 pm

  (English user deaf people) you label as audist.

• 95. for anti-ridor #93  |  January 14, 2007 at 8:05 pm

  #93- that’s cuz Ridor DOESN’T use anonymous labels. He talk straight, and you know it’s him, whether you like it or not.

• 96. Ockham's Razor  |  January 14, 2007 at 8:39 pm

  As long as there are folks like ricky ridor running blogs, folks will want to post anonymously, for fear they will next be labelled a mudblood and in ricky’s crosshairs.

• 97. Flying Fingers  |  January 14, 2007 at 8:47 pm

  All this hoopla about anonymous posts is bull. I thought DE’s latest proclaimation that its against deaf culture to be pure crap. Like Ridor, this guy has Messiah complex. People have the right to express themselves however the fuck they want. You don’t like it, then skip the anonymous posts.

• 98. to flying fingers  |  January 15, 2007 at 2:23 am

  DE was not saying no anonymous comments. He was speaking out against anonymous posters/commenters who FLAME and hurt people. Regardless whether or not it’s against the culture or not, flaming is wrong. He did mention that he’s not concerned about anonymous commenters who contribute to the discussion, which was a huge relief to me. I think anonymity has its value, when it’s not used to insult people.

• 99. Michael P.  |  January 15, 2007 at 2:16 pm

  Personally, I found David Eberwein’s comments to be tactless and filled with double standards. It’s interesting David is only talking about this now after he and his friends have been critisized for the Bay Area gala screw-up which he was the key organizer of. Why didn’t he speak up before when countless other people were being bashed on Richard Taylor’s blog (aka RIdor) over the past year or two? Instead, David was signing Ridor’s praises. The double standards are sickening.

• 100. anti-ridor  |  January 15, 2007 at 3:22 pm

  Paddy Ladd sent a page to David Eberwein during the presentation to tell us the following message:

  “”I would like to say to say congratulations to all NAD members who came along with an open mind and heart. Wish I was with you. I still remember clearly being at the 1990 NAD Conference in Indianapolis.

  Understanding the compelxity of Deafhood takes a while to do, but it is all the more rewwarding for the effort that is put into it. The concept of colonialism is central to understanding Deafhood, to understanding what has been done to us. And both also helps us point us towards some models of what to do and what to avoid.

  Thus, bringing the USA Deaf community forwards to become more activist-focused, while at the same time including as many people as possible, Deaf or hearing, WITHOUT compromising the agenda itself is a great goal. It needs both courage and compassion.

  We are faced with new colonialist forces which aim to wipe Deaf people from the face of the Earth. Even though this cannot be achieved of course, the damage they will wreak in the process needs to be confronted by us. But let us also present the positive reasons why Sign Language Peoples are here on Earth - for what we can teach hearing people about the full beauty of life.

  Finally if anyone wants to study more about Deafhood they shoudl work with the Bay area folks, and even come and study here at Bristol on our Deafhood Studies course.’

• 101. IMHO  |  January 15, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  It’s obvious (at least to me) that David Eberwein worships Paddy Ladd. I’m sure Paddy gets off on it. To be honest, I believe Deafhood would have more a chance of catching on if David Eberwein weren’t one of the people advocating for it so publicly. He seems to have a knack for rubbing people the wrong way and people are less willing to listen to what he has to say as a result. I remember hearing him at Gally during protest and afterwards many of my friends were making snide remarks about him. They even came up with a sign name for him that looks like “horse mouth”. I believe Ridor was actually the one who originally came up with that name.

  There will always be people who flame and say things behind people’s backs. At least here in blog cyberspace, you can *SEE* what they are saying. I’m willing to bet a month’s salary that David doesn’t know half the things that have been said about him behind his back. If it were me, I’d rather know than live in ignorance and believe everyone sees me as God’s gift to the deaf community.

• 102. Steven A. Mutti  |  January 16, 2007 at 8:31 am

  91- Ridor, Correction need to be made here. Sheri did not jump in and interfer with another agency (GLAD). She was ask by the Board of Directors of GLAD to help out with a serious problem that was facing them. She accepted it because she love the deaf community and want only the best for the community.

  I am getting tired of you getting all the facts wrong and trying to mislead the readers. It is common sense that it is not possible for someone to just walk into a deaf agency and take over the daily tasks. If you or anyone else think that how it happened, then you all have a real problem with reality.

• 103. Falcon  |  January 16, 2007 at 5:05 pm

  Makes me wonder how often Rior distorts the facts.

• 104. Ockham's Razor  |  January 16, 2007 at 8:22 pm

  103: You don’t have to wonder. He DOES distort the facts. He posts half truths regularly. Again, it’s my belief that Ridor was HARMFUL to the protest, and continues to be harmful to the Deaf community.

• 105. DeafLinux  |  January 16, 2007 at 8:39 pm

  True a lot of times people will report news only if it is newsworthy. Howerver, I wonder what percentage is reported as fact? Most of what I see is, “Someone told me that….” and that (hersay) can be a dangerous trend in reporting. One possible thing could be good is to interview the person and see if the truth can come out. Most people do not realize that LIBEL can cause legal problems because a lot of comments are in borderline of malice and character assassin.

• 106. hmmmmm  |  January 17, 2007 at 3:56 am

  wonder how long before ridor will finally be sued by someone. bet that will make him shape up.

• 107. RLM  |  January 17, 2007 at 1:16 pm

  I do not know if i should say this one or I will be truly regretful to say such stuff in the first place.

  FYI, slanders within the blogsphere are likely to be impossible pursused in the court of law. Look at the case of Matt Drudge v. former Clinton Cabinet Secretary and his wife. The court decided that the blogsphere will be out of their reach to puruse any case against the intentional slander.

  Robert L. Mason (RLM)

• 108. Scooter  |  January 18, 2007 at 12:56 pm

  Blogs are just street talks. No one can sue anyone on ground of libel or slander.
  There are many
  Deaf people who are not used to be insulted. I bet they would go outside, “bawaaa” that their tonsils can be seen if they went through what Jane did. She is brave and would make an excellent president for Gallaudet after Davila, the job robber goes out.

  #104, Right on!

• 109. ChrisH  |  January 19, 2007 at 7:43 am

  Deaf Anonymous Posters as Cowards? Not really.

  “We are fortunate to live in a free society that embrace and encourage free speech and freedom of expression, allowing to people to express their opinions, to share their thoughts, to praise or criticize people, situation, affair or event for any reason, whether it is publicly or anonymously. People wanted to have the freedom to criticize someone or something anonymously and not worry about the fear or retaliation in return.”

  http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-dwM35.IjdKQNJwA_LTS2ZA–?cq=1

• 110. Billy Koch  |  February 5, 2007 at 10:36 am

  Now I find this funny - Ridor wanting to sue a blogger over something he didn’t write? Okay okay give me a break! But in order to sue you need ot have money. But point being is, you have to be careful how you treat and try to treat others because what goes around comes around. I have read Ridorlive’s blogs and I do find them entertaining, but I will have no pity for him when other people come back bashing at him. Because you reap what you sow. But other than that - just keep on blogging and make this world an interesting place to be!

• 111. Richard Roehm  |  March 2, 2007 at 4:06 am

  He aint worth anything to sue for. He’s on SSI and living in someone’s attic. My proccess server found that out just a few days ago.

• 112. Wide Eyes  |  March 13, 2007 at 2:53 am

  Richard Rohem,

  You serious? Ridor lives in an attic and you’re suing him?

  THIS I GOTTA SEE!

• 113. Lisa  |  April 2, 2007 at 7:55 am

  Is popcorn still good even its over 3 months old??

• 114. Yeoman  |  April 7, 2007 at 2:46 am

  Ridor deserves it. He has been saying awful things about Deaf people in his blog for so many years. And now he is crying like a baby for having to deal with people who are saying bad things about him. He clearly has issues-he is a 34 or 35 year old man who is still living with his old parents and collecting SSI.

• 115. Tom  |  April 20, 2007 at 7:13 am

  Robert L. Mason: You mean “Clinton henchman Sidney Blumenthal and his wife.” He wasn’t a Cabinet Secretary. Even though Matt Drudge’s domestic abuse story on Blumenthal was erroneous, and Matt retracted it and apologized w/i 24 hours, Sid Vicious could fling mud himself with the best of them.

• 116. Vans  |  April 28, 2007 at 11:41 pm

  who WON ???

• 117. Anti-RidorLive  |  July 2, 2007 at 11:43 pm

  I wanted to share with you. I left a nice comment in RidorLive. He was mentioned about John Rekhop and that 13 years old girl. I felt that he had no respect her privacy because he mentioned her location is. He called her a troublemaker in the deaf communities. I don’t vote RidorLive to be a leader for deaf communities. He have no authority to say that. I was trying to tell him that he should be on neutral side because he wasn’t there in Vermont. He removed my comment and he wanted his blog like shiny sunshine.

  He will destroy his reputation in deaf community if he does to everyone..

  Thanks,
  Anti RidorLive #1

• 118. Sherlock Steve  |  November 28, 2007 at 5:38 am

  Anti-Ridorlive.com #!: I had to comment and I had to say it, when I last saw Ridor’s web page on his former stte of WordPress, he was jumping up and down about winning an award for having the best of blogs from another country. When I surfed to that site, it just plain told me that Ridor was labeled “The Deaf Gossip person”. It totally floored me. I knew we are all a close knit Deaf Community. But as seen we do comment on each other in our lives, it’s not something we share with the hearing community often. Who ever mentioned to put him, ridor, for the best of the blogs award (since it wasn’t actually advertised across the ‘net), I was surprised he won. When I IM to Ricky to congratulate him, he threw it back in my face saying “I don’t trust you or Jamie berke”. It like : “Here was a man who seems like he’s lost all of his humanity.”.

  And Chris: it’s not the first time that Ridor has threatened to sue people. Several months ago, when a new web blogger named macgyverbond came out and attacked Ridor in his first post, ridor immediately sent me and jamie a threatening e-mail. He accused me and jamie being the author or know the author of the blog! I was shocked. I had to post and find a way to tell Macguyverbond to remove the said “post” from his blog as per ridor request.
  In the very way, yes, Ridor was bullying people. He didn’t like it when people dish out their own views on him as per views he gives on others.
  But what happens in the very day someone does post something on a certain web page and drags it right into court? It will not be good thing because already both sides will have lost a lot of money and dignity in the whole process. Even if Ridor will get his “vindication”, he will lose the influence and respect that he once had on us all. The only winners that win between ridor and anyone else will be the lawyers.

  So in the last of all, I’m sad for ridor. If he can’t stand comments from others about him.. as much as he’s dished out then he ought to leave the blogsphere at this point for all our sakes.

• 119. Ridorduh  |  November 28, 2007 at 11:02 am

  Karma is a bitch ain’t it?

  What goes comes around….

  It’s okay, come on out of the hole… come out. After all you’re only a human being. Didn’t ya know that?

• 120. Jim  |  November 28, 2007 at 4:54 pm

  Anytime Ridor gets ticks and threaten to sue, he needs to learn to accept to what was posted on your blog, Chris. For him to
  threaten you to remove a comment as to sue, that has to be a joke. Everyone has a right to post what they have to say. If he doesn’t like it, then he should go else where. I even think Ridor will take any negative comments he reads and go post on his website something negative about that person even ugly comments like he does about Jamie. That is within his right to post on his website. Ridor needs to get a life and accept what some people says about him even if it is bad comments. We all do that to other people from time to time even about the President of the United States. I hope Ridor learns to accept this and removes his threaten because like you said Chris, he has no case.

• 121. SxyPorkie  |  April 7, 2008 at 8:07 am

  It is true Ridor lives upstair of attic.. he never help his deaf par4ents in poor health… His mother had asked Ridow to help mowing…. He refused…. The parents had to hire one of neighbor to mow the front and back yards
  Ridor just sit on his fat ass watching tv or work on his computer

  I was told he uses Meth upstair in his room..His parents are not able to go upstairs to check things out…

  Someone did tried to sue Ridor and the lawyer checked ridor s background.. Guess what.. Ridor has no money at all… thats why he cannot be sued..

• 122. Not a fan of Ridor  |  April 14, 2008 at 12:20 am

  I can’t stand the guy. He need to jog more often, do more sit ups and stop asking people for money.

  He is everything wrong with liberals along with Great Dylan Westbooger.

• 123. Not a fan of Ridor  |  April 14, 2008 at 7:49 am

  Actually… you can sue Ridor… they can take away his SSI!

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